Antiques Roadshow star Theo Burrell is celebrating ‘another few months of life’ after she was diagnosed with incurable braincancer.
The 36 year old antiques expert, who joined the BBC show in 2018, shared the positive news on social media after receiving her latest set of scan results. She was tragically diagnosed with a grade fourbrain tumour – known as a Glioblastoma Multiforme (GBM) – a year after giving birth to a baby boy in 2022.
Theo, from Edinburgh, posted a picture of herself to Instagram with a party blower in her mouth following this week’s scan results – giving a thumbs up to the camera. As a caption, she wrote: "Good news! Another stable scan under my belt.
"Long term, my GBM is still bad news, it will get me, but today we can celebrate another few months of life! Never take the good things in your life for granted. Ever."
Her followers responded to the post with their messages of love and support. One wrote: “So pleased for you Theo.”
Another added: “You're an inspiration,Theo!” A third said: "Such beautiful news, Theo….. keep up the positive vibes and live your best life as this moment is all anyone has. Much love to you and your family."
A fourth wrote: "Such great news to hear, and what better message than to celebrate today."
Theo, who has a background in ceramics and glass expertise with Lyon & Turnbull auctioneers in Edinburgh, has previously told how she was suffering from debilitating migraines but her GP could not pinpoint why. She then had a scan at Edinburgh Royal Infirmary's A & E, when medics discovered a 5 cm tumour in her brain.
Since then she has undergone chemotherapy, radiotherapy, and brain surgery in a bid to keep the cancer "under control".
She previously told theDaily Mail: "Receiving my diagnosis, at the age of 35, when my son was just one year old, was devastating. Overnight, everything had changed.
"Suddenly, I'd gone from being a healthy person in the middle of my life with a new baby to having incurable cancer with maybe one or two years left to live."
Theo graduated from the University of Glasgow with an MA in history and then an MLitt in decorative arts. As well as specialising in European ceramics and glass, she also is an expert in fine furniture and works of decorative art from 1860, tribal art and taxidermy, among others.
She has previously described her Antiques Roadshow 'dream find' as a 'beautiful and rare' 16th century maiolica dish by Italian ceramist Francesco Xanto Avelli. Earlier this year, a host of celebrities backed an auction hosted by Theo’s employer, Lyon & Turnbull, to raise money for a brain cancer charity.
At the time, Theo told the Mail: “My care has been excellent and new advances in science have helped me so far. However, only by funding research into brain cancer can we get closer to a life-saving cure.”
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